Josiah Strong Quotes

I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.

Well who's black and what is a black person?

Sometimes I read that I'm not 100 per cent Chinese, because I don't look all that Chinese. That's a strange one - I am Chinese.

In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic populations, he is a Latino man, and the black label is rejected as robbing Hispanics of a hero.

Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.

I don't see myself as a 'black actor,' I'm just Shemar Moore the actor. I'm very proud to be black, but I'm just as much black as I am white.

I've always called myself a different shade of Brown.

It may be doubted whether any character can be named which is distinctive of a race and is constant.

I definitely am not white.

My sons are black, and my daughter is Latina.

I'm short. I'm so Asian.

I don't even want to touch on the topic of black quarterback, because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green.

I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me.

Many black people I know are proud of the Irish part of their heritage - an Irish grandparent, say - but they recognise that many people believe in a form of racial purity. And it is from that belief that prejudice starts.

Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.

I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.

I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.

Overall my race hasn't been a problem. I'm a Black artist with White skin. At the end of the day you have to sing what's in your own soul.

I'm a quarter Chinese and three-quarter Filipino. I don't look Filipino; I look more Chinese or Korean. It actually works in my favor: in terms of roles, it gives me a broader canvas.

I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.

It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?

We see through the eyes of children that they're not talking about race the way we grown folks are. They're not talking about color or how much melanin is in someone's skin.

The race is your face. Obviously, I come from a mixed background. Who I am and how I look and being black.

That doll looks more like a black man than me.

I'm a half-breed. You know, I'm Puerto Rican and Norwegian from descent, and I grew up, born and raised in New York City, and I stood out amongst my friends in my community. I was very blond-haired, white, and 'Lemonhead' was the name that they gave me.